Where has Advanced Search gone?

The search function is dreadful now. I get more relevant and better results if I do a search in Google with Mumsnet added to the search term.

Any update on when we might get a search function that works, @SueMumsnet ?

I just searched for title of a Tele programme (which I know there is 2 threads on with that title in) and it didn't come up at all!
I honestly never had any issues finding things with the old search and used it all the time as well!

I’m also finding the search pretty impossible to use - the sliders are totally unworkable on my phone or iPad (which are the devices I use to mumsnet) because you can’t drag them to be specific enough (particularly on recent dates). I used the search date range all the time on the old site, often to search a period of only a few days.

I also used to regularly search by posters’ user names (including to find my own previous posts), and without searching for a term within the posts, and that seems impossible /inaccurate - when I drag the date sliders to the last couple of years (because it’s really hard to slide them to a shorter time period!), and search for “posted by” my username, it only returns 14 hits, but I have definitely posted on far more threads than 14 in the last 2 years.

Please return the old functionality in search, @MNHQ!

Yes I checked that and definitely seeing the whole title.

Are you seeing tghe whole title? Im on the mobile site and the title is truncated and you cant always see the full title.
As i said when i search a word with me ss the poster it brings up posts without the word in the title but only threads ive started. Ill see tomorrow if its different on pc or laptop

Well this is really wierd because when I search it's not like what @bruffin says
When I search it does still highlight the content in the posts and those threads don't always have the words in the actual title of the thread at all.

Ive just searched the word Cardiff , all the posts had Cardiff in the title.
I then tried to search Cardiff mentioned by me. It only found 2 posts , one i started the thread that didnt have Cardiff in title but was about Cardiff and another post. I know i have posted on many of the uni threads about Cardiff , so completely useless

It highlights the word within the posts but only brings up posts with the word in the title in the first place.

I just searched by username. It only brings up threads where the user is the OP.

That's no use to me.

It definitely doesn't just search titles
It comes up with the content in titles sure but also comes up with that content in posts as well rather than just titles.
I know cos it all comes up highlighted, the relevant bits

Now it only searches post titles. you cant search within posts now

On the old one you could search by post titles. So just searching by what's contained in the post title rather than thread content.
I can't see that option now?!!!
I always use that!

Aaarghh! ignore last post, I was talking about Watched threads, not searches. Sorry

Why even try to fix something when it wasn't broken?

Old advances search did the job beautifully.

Thanks @SueMumsnet

Yes, telling us it's an enhancement is really insulting.

So pleased its not me being stupid! I just cant get the new search function to work at all. Utter rubbish

Well, one way to detract from how much trolling there is on here is to purposely make the search function shitter...

New search function is awful - and the sliders are particularly useless (trying to search on my phone). I faffed around trying to find something and whole thing just froze. The old Advanced Search was super easy to use.

How do you 'improve' a site & take functionality away?

Yes, they still don't have a grip on comms do they? Pretending that the "new improved" search is what they wanted suggests either they wanted search to be unusable or they haven't grasped the basics of when you fuck up the best policy is to fess up and proactively communicate about the fixes.

Telling customers that the fixes they need to use basic functions are "enhancements" is just treating users like idiots. It says a lot about either the attitudes in HQ or the experience of implementing anything. Or both.

finding a particular post isn't currently possible. That's something we can look at improving.

But it used to be possible on the old site 🤷🏻‍♀️

How do you 'improve' a site & take functionality away?

Search has always been awful. In fact it was the one thing I thought MNHQ couldn't make any worse... turns out I was wrong.

Another one who would like the advanced search back. The new search isn't fit for purpose.